Volume 28, Issue 146, April 2024

Anorexia Nervosa and pregnancy complications: Review

Julita Młynarska^1♦, Aleksander Górny², Justyna Chwiejczak³, Jan Kościan⁴, Karolina Szczerkowska⁵, Anna Wójcik⁶, Michał Obrębski⁷, Anna Seroka⁸, Maria Mitkowska⁹, Maria Rybicka¹⁰

¹Saint Anna Hospital of Trauma Surgery, Barska 16/20, 02-315 Warsaw, Poland
²Prague Hospital of Lord's Transfiguration, Aleja, Solidarności'' 67, 03-401 Warsaw, Poland
³Memorial Bielański Hospital Cegłowska 80, 01-809 Warsaw, Poland
⁴Independent Public Hospital them. prof. W. Orlowski Medical Centre of Postgraduate Education Czerniakowska 231, 00-401 Warsaw, Poland
⁵Military Institute of Medicine - National Research Institute, Szaserów 128, 04-141 Warsaw, Poland ⁶Warsaw Southern Hospital, Pileckiego 99, 02-781 Warsaw, Poland
⁷University Clinical Centre of the Medical University of Warsaw, Banacha 1a, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland
⁸The National Institute of Medicine of the Ministry of Interior and Administration, Wołoska 137, 02-507 Warsaw, Poland
⁹HCP Medical Centre, 28 Czerwca 1956 r. 194, 61-001, Poznań, Poland
¹⁰University Clinical Centre of the Medical University of Warsaw, Banacha 1a, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland

^♦Corresponding author
Saint Anna Hospital of Trauma Surgery, Barska 16/20, 02-315 Warsaw, Poland

ABSTRACT

The substantial interplay between anorexia nervosa (AN) and pregnancy, both psychologically and physiologically, exerts significant impacts on the health of both the mother and the baby. As AN is the most prevalent eating disorder globally, particularly impacting young women of childbearing age, numerous studies have investigated the correlation between maternal health events and outcomes for newborns during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period. This review aims to discuss the potential risks of AN-affected pregnancies to both the mother and the baby, along with the prevalence of the associated health problems, referring to recent studies. The analysis concentrated on studies that included women either currently experiencing an active stage of the disease or those with a history of AN.

Keywords: Anorexia nervosa; pregnancy; labor complications; postnatal period

Medical Science, 2024, 28, e34ms3334

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi.v28i146.e34ms3334

Published: 27 April 2024